Weekly Messenger - 1924 April 18

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Mrs. Hedge and Mr. Raymond
Officers of Federation.
Several Bellingham Normal instruc­tors
took prominent parts in the Inland
Empire Teachers' Association meeting
which- was held in Spokane, April 7, 8
and 9. ^
President Fisher addressed the De-apartment
of Superintendents and Prin­cipals.
Mr. Fowler spoke before the
English Council.
Local Teachers Elected.
Miss Hedges gave two addresses be­fore
the State" Convention of Music
Teachers. She was elected president of
that body and says, regarding the re­ports
that came out in the papers, "I
feel like a man without a country."
Though'she still claims Bellingham as
home, the papers reported that "Mrs.
Hedges, of Yakima," had been elected.
Mr. Raymond sang two groups of
songs and took part in a duet with
"Miss Hildur Lindgren. He was elected
vice president of the western district of
the Music Teachers' association.
Other teachers attending from the
Normal were Miss Jones, Mr. Marquis,
Mr. Lawson, and Mr. Williams. In all,
over 2,000 teachers from Washington,
Idaho, Oregon and Montana, attended.
It is the largest teachers' association in
the,Northwest.
Miss Jones attended later in the week.
She visited Pullman and Cheney in the
interest of her work.
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FRIDAY—April 18.
Y. W. C. A. entertainment/ auditorium
8 -p.-.m.
SATURDAY—April 19.
Oregon club- hike to Mt. Lookout.
Leave Normal building at 9 a. m.
SUNDAY—April~20.
Y. W. C. A. Easter services on Se-home
hill. Leave Normal at 6:15 a.
m. Services comence at 6:45.
TUESDAY—April 22.
Assembly, 10 a. m., lecture by Dr.
Gelvin, of First Presbyterian church.
WEDNESDAY—April 23.
W. A. A. beach party at the Rocks.
FRIDAY—April 25.
Assembly 10 a. m., lecture by Dr.
Miller, of Wisconsin.
Thespian banquet Edens hall dining
room.
SATURDAY—April 26.
Informal dance by girls of Edens hall.
APRIL 24, 25, 26.
Silver anniversary celebration of Bel-
~ lingham State Normal School.
SATURDAY—May 10.
Chuckanut Marathon.
MAY 15, 16, 17.
The Players present "The Dover
Road," at Little Theater.
MlBIISW
Presents Letter to Student Body
EDENS HALL GIRLS
SPEND DAY ON ISLAND
Visit Cascade Palls and Explore
Orcas Island.
PHILOS CANCEL PLANS
FOR ANNUAL BANQUET
Many Postponements Cause Club
to Call Off Dinner.
from the hall enjoyed a novel and in­teresting,
trip to Orcas Island. The
group left the dormitory at 6:30 and
arrived home late in the evening. The
day was spent in exploring the island.
Several of the girls climbed Mount Con­stitution
and the remainder visited Lake
Cascade, and the Cascade Falls. Those
who took the trip were: Nellie Jeffcott,
Alma Wilson, Louise Warden, Alta War­den,
Helen Frederickson, Catherine Muh-son,
Bernice - Pashley, Ruth Nelson,
Guinevere Case,.Cora Rundon, Ernestine
Hart, Vivian %olcomb, Opal Harding,
Helen Geersten, Gertrude Kraus, Kath-erine
McBane, Miss Weythman, Miss
Svmdquist, and Miss Knox.
LEAGUEIROUPTMEET
I k i l l CI C O T P A D T A I R I C H i s t o i T repeats itself. A century
AflU LlXul UAriAlllU a u ( l a quarter ago Charles Lamb and
Samuel Coleridge used to get together
The captains for the twenty divisions at the ''Salutation and the Cat" and re-of
the Women's League were elected' main there until the early hours of the
last week by the various groups that
make the club. Each captain is to take
Much to the disappointment of all
Philomatheans, their annual banquet^
which was to be given' at the Victoria
Hotel last Saturday night, has been
called off. The social and program com­mittees
had worked hard to prepare an
unusual evening of delightful entertain­ment,
but the club members voted to
abandon the idea at their meeting
Thursday, April 10. This action was
taken after a thorough investigation of
seen circumstances. An extension of
time and another postponement would
have been necessary if the original plans
were to be carried out, but as there
had been two or three previous changes
in date the club members deemed it
wise to cancel the affair. However; the
same social and program committees
are now at work preparing an event
which promises to be even better than
a banquet. They _are granting all Phi-los
a most eventful evening in the form'
of a party to be given at an early date.
AUTHORSMEETFOR
DISCUSSION OF WORK
I have tried to look at all sides of the
question of. playing tennis on Sunday,
and it is my best judgment that it
would be a serious mistake for the
school to change a long established reg­ulation
which forbids the playing of
tennis on Sunday. I have .arrived at
this decision for the following reasons:
I am certain that the school would
suffer considerable criticism from a
large number of people in this commun­ity
and thruout the state if tennis were
permitted on Sunday. The school needs
all the friends it can possibly have to
get support for measures which mean
much to the future development of the
institution. I feel confident that none
of us want the' future development of
the school to suffer because of criticism
of a relatively minor matter.
President Suzzallo, of the University
of Washington, ^old me within the past
week, that the playing of tennis is for­bidden
oh Sunday on the University
Campus. If the largest educational in­stitution
of the state realizes the wis­dom
of taking such a position, I believe
that we cannot afford to show less wis­dom.
I believe, as a school and as individ­uals,
it is beneficial to us physically,
mentally, and morally, to put aside on
one day of the week, the regular activi­ties
that engage our time during six
days of the week. Tennis is a regular
activity of the school and should not be
treated as an, exception.
At a regular faculty meeting held on
Tuesday, April eighth, where the ques­tion
was carefully discussed, there was
a vote of 13 in favor of and 28 against
the playing of tennis on Sunday.
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First Scheduled Game of Season
Will Be May 10.
The Vikings will play their first
conference baseball game of the season
when they meet the' U. of W. Frosh
team here May 1. This will be" the first
game played on the hew diamond on
Waldo Field. •
So far this season the Vikings have
won three practice games, having de­feated
W.. H . S . 10^-2 and 4-2, while
Nooksack took the small end of a 5-0
score.
Two more practice games will be
played prior to the Frosh game. Normal
plays tonight at Burlington and the-re­turn
game will be played here April 24.
May 9 the Vikings cross bats with Se­attle
College, there. The return date
has not yet been determined. May 16
Normal plays at St. Martins, and May
17 the return Frosh game at Seattle.
Cheney is here May 24, and May 31
is the return St. Martins mix.
Coach Carver is well pleased at the
showing made in the practice games and
is confident of a successful season.
RURAL i l S l E
UP MT. CONSTITUTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All of those who would like a real
Easter message are invited to go with
the Y. W. C. A. girls "to the top of Se-home
hill for their annual Sunrise
Easter service. Be at the steps of the
main building at 6:15, Sunday morning.
Wear warm wraps.
Brief Easter messages will be given
by Mary Thomas, Vivian Holcohib, and
Ed'rie Ault.
The classes in Physical science are
soon to go out to make some telescopic
observations. Mr. Philippi will put a
notice on the - bulletin* board when a
time is decided on so that the students
who took physical science during the
fall and winter quarters and who did not
get to go out, may go if they desire.
Worth While Program Has Been
Outlined for Week-End.
FRESHMEN DECIDE TO
HAVE CLASS PICNIC
Committee Appointed to Decide
Suitable Place.
PRESIDENT FISHER
RETURNS FROM TRIP
Speaks at Association Meeting;
Then Visits Cheney Normal.
Hikers Spend Two Days on Trip
Up Mountain.
charge of and represent the group in
the legislative board of the league.
The captains of the groups are as fol­lows
:
Group 1—Ardis Van Allen. „<r-
Group 2—Dorothy Chase.
Group 3—Florence Schwartz.
. Group. 4—Ruth Shrewsbury.
Group 5—Laura Loree.
Group 6—Irma Farley.
Group 7—Willow Gene Herron.
Group 8—Ruth Gill.
Group 9—Zenne Harris.
Group 10—Phyllis Reynolds.
Group 11—Mary Dunning. ^
Group 12—Gladys Goss.
Group 13—Nellie Jeffcott.
Group 14—Agnes Hendrickson.
Group 15—Katie Jenkins.
Group 16—Josephine Anstett.
Group 17—Eleanor Whisner.
Group-18—Elsie Johnson.
Group 19-^-Florence Bowman.
Group 20—^Lorena Wiestef.
morning, smoking •-Orinooko" and read­ing
and discussing each other's essays
and poems-
On Saturday evening, April 12, Miss
Edens' liome on Eldridge avenue was the
"Salutation and the Cat," and the mem­bers
of the Author's club were the com­ing
Lambs and Coleridges. The patrons
of creative literature were present also
in the personages of Mrs. Hussey, Miss
Wilson, Mrs. Fisher, Miss Crawford, and
Mrs. Vaughan.
The meeting was called to order by
Miss Helen Rogers'. After talking brief­ly
on the purposes and the future of the
club, Miss Rogers introduced the speak­ers.
The program, with the exception
of two selected poems, consisted entirely
of original poems, essays and short
stories by members of the club. Com­ments
and criticisms were made on each
selection. Mr. Harrison T. Raymond
rendered three songs. The members ex­pressed
themselves as favoring a lit­erary
section in the Weekly Messenger
and in the Klipsun Annual.
Faculty and Students to take
Part in the Annual Marathon
President Fisher returned Tuesday
from his trip, on which he attended the
Inland Empire Educational association
meeting, held in Spokane. This was a
very important meeting, as it brought
together the foremost people on educa­tion
in* the four Northwest States.
Mr. Fisher spoke on the raising of
teacher's standards to a section of sup­erintendents
and principals,, all of whom
were in hearty sympathy with the sug­gestions
presented by Mr. Fisher.
Superintendent D. E. W-iedman, of
the Bellingham school system, presided
at the meeting.
>
The District Rotary meeting also
was held in Spokane and many of the
prominent men stayed over, and enjoyed
the .meeting, .which consisted of Rotar-ians
from British Columbia, Oregon and
Washington.
The President visited at Cheney Nor­mal
for the first time, and was very
favorably impressed with the school
plant and good work. On his return
home he visited at varous places to in­terview
teachers whom are applicants
for the summer quarteiv
JUNIOR-SENIOR CLASS
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Friday afternoon, April 11, over 75
Rural Lifers and other students of the
Normal, left the Quackenbush dock, en
route to Mt. Constitution, on Orcas
Island. A great abundance of Normal
pep and spirit was manifest on board
the two launches which carried the hik­ers,
and remained so through the four-
/four trip.
'When the launches tied up at the dock
at Olga, all the hikers hurried to a hotel
near the shore, and it wasn't long before
hot soup, buns and coffee was being
handed out to a long waiting line.
Night Spent at Hotel.
After this first meal oii the island,
all got busy untieing their blankets and
preparing places to spend the night. The
boys were given beds oh the upper floor
of the hotel, and the girls were given
the. floor of the lower floor.
Saturday morning, at 4:30, the Olga
hotel was- once more alive with Normal
spirit. Breakfast, consisting of hot
cakes, bacon and coffee was -prepared,
and again a hungry bunch of hikers
stood in line.
Soon after seven o'clock, the hike up
the mountain was commenced. It was
a warm day, but as the hikers ascended
the mountain, they found themselves
surrounded by heavy fog.
After a three-hour climb, the top was
reached, and lunch was eaten with en­thusiasm
by all.
Kodaks in Evidence.
The fog passed away about noon, and
many kodaks were kept busy for some
time.
The hikers then returned to Olga, and
dinner, the last meal of the trip, was
served.
Soon after four o'clock the launches
were again loaded, and-, although the
water was rough, they made their re­turn
trip to Bellingham..
The trip was over but the memories
of it will stay with the hikers for a
long time, as everyone pronounced it a
complete success.
President Dick Bruland called the
Freshman class to order on Tuesday,
April 15, at 11 o'clock. It was proposed
and carried that the Freshman class co­operate
with the Sophomore class to tag
all people who have not paid their class
dues. It was voted that the Freshman
have a picnic and a committee was ap­pointed
by the president to decide the
time and place. The meeting was ad­journed
and a short program was pre­sented
by the program committee. A
reading was given by Delia Ann Reed, a
vocal solo by Warren Granger and a
short' skit by several members of the
class. ..* "
CAST IS CHOSEN
^ O R f i e M f L A Y
"A Successful Calamity" Will Be
Given May 23.
May 23 is the date set for the pro­duction
of the Thespian play, "A Suc­cessful
Calamity." The proceeds will
be used towards the Thespian fund for
the club house at Normalstad.
The following cast has been chosen:
Henry Wilton Dewey Bowman
Emmie \ Miriam Sherman
Dr. Broodie '. Horace Walker
George Maurice Ware
Eddie .._. Stanford Clinton
Connors Thomas Jensen
Margaret Pauline Hutchinson
Julia :.....-... Evelyn Berg
Pietro Faraelo - Wilda Smith
John Belden ..' ..„. EUsworth Lumley
Albertine Laura Heaton
Clarence Oliver Nelson
April 24-25-26" will be. red letter days "
in the history of this institution when •
an educational conference will be held in
connection with the .celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the found­ing
of this school. Prominent educators
have been secured to deliver the ad­dresses
for the occasion. Each speaker
is recognized as a leader in his, own par­ticular
field and will undoubtedly have : .T
a real worth-while message to bring to : J
the" people of the Pacific Northwest.
Three Educators to Speak;- "<
Professor H. L. Miller is principal of
the University^ JEggh School, Madison,
Wisconsin, and is a recognized authority
on secondary education.
Doctor William S. Gray, Dean of; the A,
College of Education, University of Chi­cago,
is an authority on elementary ed- ..
ucation. ."*".'
For the pra-ctical side of school affairs ".
Superintendent H. B. Wilson, of Berke- , r
ley, California, has been secured. He
comes with the reputation of excellent
achievement in moulding the curriculum, v
of his schools through scientific method.
The program for the conference has
been arranged as follows:
Thursday, April 24.
10 A. M., Directing Study for Mastery >
and. Initiative..., Prof essor H. L. Miller "
University of Wisconsin -'•;:•-'•'•
2 P. M., Directing Study f or . Crea- ;::
tiveness Professor Miller -
8 P. M., The Junior High School ........
, ;.. Professor Miller
Friday, April 25.
10 A. M., Scientific Organization of
the Program for Reading Instruct ' v
tion Professor W. S. Gray :--.
,-.....•...,. ... ;-_.....-..-^-Uniyersit^.v-<^^Mq^^3^^
' sCi*:- MV Eye Movement"'; § ^ d i ^ ^ i i t ^ ^ ^ .:
Reading and Their Contributions to "
-Methods of Study Professo.r Gray
8 P. M., Current Tendencies in Cur-,
riculum Building and Class Room ;_
Method- Professor G r a y -
Maintaining a Progressive Educational
Program : Supt. H. B. Wilson
Berkeley, California
Saturday, April.26.
10 A. M., Methods of Teaching Pupils ' J
to Read Effectively .... Professor Gray
Educational Objectives and School
Critics Superintendent Wilson
INVITATION EXTENDED
TO EASTER SERVICES
All Churches of City Welcome
Normal Students. i
MRS. HEDGES RETURNS
TO MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Greeted in Assembly by Strains
of Wedding March.
NORMAL DELEGATES
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Discuss Flans for Picnic Lunch
at Home of Dr. Miller.
May 10 has been decided as the date
upon, which Normal students will don
knickers, what-do-you-call-ems, etc., and
trip the light fantastic up the rock "road
to Chuckanut.•'.';' The annual cross coun-i
t ry run stagedL by the Freshmen, Soph­omore
classes and the -Faculty to the top
r" of Mt. Chuckanut, will be pulled off as
^ihe'pBaird of.Control's;idea of-a.;;fcip-top
;; ti^.^^Eaciiltyi members are' expected" $o
rooms they have proven their Ibng-wihded
superiority over mere students.
But the Sophomores are determined not
to lose,, and several of them have taken
to hiking in their sleep, so they won't
have to bother with waking up early
in the" morning to get the jump-on the
rest of the gang. Freshmen are "hereby
warned:. to.'-look' t o t h e i r -laurels, or- other
things theyjhray: have :acguired, if they
iexpect: io^jwin; ^anything% hesider -^the
The first Junior-Senior class meeting
of the quarter was held Tuesday, April
the eighth— Officers elected for the
spring quarter were: President Leonard
Rinearson; vice president,_Ed Hannah;,,
secretary-treasurer, Mabel Weirick; re­porter,
Chester Hume.
After discussing plans for class activ­ities
during this quarter, ' plans : were
made for a picnic lunch, to be held"at
the home of Doctor Miller next: Wednes­day.
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The.committee^ in-i'-ch^r^eriOf-./tae.viunch"
are: : ^
::Mfiry^O^^
Messenger Is Represented in Big
Prep School Meeting.
A meeting of the State High School
Press association was held last Friday
and Saturday at the University of
Washington. The Weekly Messenger,
though not belonging to the association,
was represented by Harry Appleton,
editor, and Philip Clapp, associate edi­tor."
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Speakers at the conference included
Dean M. L. Spencer and^Professor R. W.
Jones of the School of .Journalism. Wal­ter
Burroughs, Kathryn D>wyer,; Herbert
iCretsclimaji,- AH Wilson, Gray Playter,
Ed.Stone, and Phil Hindley of the";staf£
of\;the University bf Washmgton Dailyy
and "other prominent'..Jtud^nts'^majoring
in;Jqurnahsfc
l^ed/Sby. ; t ^ s ^ a £ ^ d m g } tKe^:^iiSerencfli;
The assembly on last Tuesday proved
to be interesting as well as clever. As
Mrs. Hedges, the new bride ,of our fac­ulty,
walked upon the stage the strains
of Lohengrin's wedding march sounded
in the ears of the listeners. To top it
all,. Hedges led us in "Love's Old, Sweet
Song."
Helen Flesher told a spring story and
Mr. Bond announced that Helen Flem­ing
would "tell another one." She was
followed by Florence Swartz^ who "told
another one" also.
The following invitation is given t o .;
the faculty and student body of the Bel­lingham
Normal school: '
"The churches of Bellingham desire
to extend to you a cordial invitation to
attend our Easter Services on Easter
Sunday, as well as on Good Friday 'even-^'..*
iiig. Appropriate Young People's pro-'
grams, music, and sermons, setting forth
the truth of this great cause has been
prepared. .--'•"' ^-S
"We desire that you attend the church -
of. your choice and this invitation is ,
given for all the churches of the city. ':
"A large number of our most- suc­cessful
business and professional men
are leaders in the churches, and you will
be_Jmpressed by the interest of resident
people in things religious.
"We want you to feel that the Bel-"
lingham churches.; are your religious
homes while you are in our midst.
"So come with us to the worship of
the Lord on Easter Sunday."
J. C. Harrison,-
President of the Bellingham Ministerial
Association.
Skulls arid Buckets of Blood
Run Rampant at EdensHtM
Pirates and buccaneers of the olden
days will hold a wild reunion' April 25>
in Edens hall, at a Treasure Island
dance, to be given by the Thespian Dra­matic
club. Various vague rumors of
mutiny, bloodshed, -and:, pieces of eight
have! been drifting around the school. '.^
, The ^skeleton qi '.. the" iar^fanied:-Cap-,
taiiL; ^Kidd will; presidei;^er^he i'fcfciivjk
watch over the chests of rtr.easure that-,
will line the,walls' and be concealed' in;:?
the dark corners. Partners for the yar- ,
ious dances may be found by "consultihgSi
mouldy old maps^ with^ many mysteriousv-;
crosses;and:-figures.; ."•;' —. •'.:•;',. -,' ^^i^'-r-^cS
TheJ girls are asked to wear iniddy^"r
blouses ;and" skirtsj- Jwith ,'red0''brtniiaiia8,!-|I
around their ;• heada;;>The-.i^^